Making a Better Spreader Clamp

A useful tip for your woodworking projects

Butler County Times Gazette

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Posted Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 7, 2013 at 6:23 AM

Posted Mar. 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 7, 2013 at 6:23 AM

Club member Jack Norman of Phoenix, Arizona, uses his standard squeeze-type bar clamps as spreader clamps by fitting a small wood block at the end of the bar. So the block stays put, he chisels a small mortise in it for the end of the bar. To use the clamp, he braces the block and the movable jaw inside the work.